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Australian pace bowler Nathan Coulter-Nile is already looking forward to the challenge of the West Indies and a possible duel with formidable opener Chris Gayle.<\/p>\nAustralian pace bowler Nathan Coulter-Nile is already looking forward to the challenge of the West Indies and a possible duel with formidable opener Chris Gayle.<\/p>\n
The defending champions\u2019 second ICC Men\u2019s Cricket World Cup match will take them to Trent Bridge on Thursday, with both they and the West Indies tasting wins in their opening contests.<\/p>\n
Aaron Finch\u2019s side enjoyed a convincing seven-wicket win over Afghanistan in Bristol on Saturday \u2013 but Coulter-Nile is not wasting time setting up the plans for powerful opener Gayle, who is playing in his fifth World Cup.<\/p>\n
\u201cOh Starcy (Mitchell Starc) will knock his off pole out,\u201d Coulter-Nile joked of the 39-year-old Gayle. \u201cIt will be easy.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou know he\u2019s going to hit your good balls for four and hit your bad balls for six. Just keep as bowling as many good balls as you can we\u2019ll stick a few up him.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think you just need to be aggressive at him. He\u2019s still smacking them but he is getting older. I don\u2019t know if he\u2019s faced too much of Starcy and Paddy (Pat Cummins) recently but they\u2019re bowling quick. So we\u2019ll see how he handles that early.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fast bowling has been an early theme of the World Cup and Coulter-Nile is expecting this game to be no different.<\/p>\n
But the quick knows that is not the only weapon Australia have in their bowling armoury with leg-spinner Adam Zampa revelling in a three-wicket showing against Afghanistan in his tournament opener.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s got a few big scalps recently,\u201d added Coulter-Nile.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019ve got to give it to the Windies, otherwise they just get on the front foot. We\u2019ll definitely give it to them, we give it to every team. The grounds are so small and the wickets are generally pretty flat.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe didn\u2019t bowl at the death against Afghanistan but they came back pretty hard. We stuck to our lengths pretty well, we tried to get up then a little bit. On that wicket, 200 you will take that any day of the week.\u201d<\/p>\n
Coulter-Nile\u2019s selection was not a given with Australia\u2019s bowling stocks in rude health, affording them the chance to leave out the likes of Kane Richardson and Jason Behrendorff from their XI.<\/p>\n
But having made the most of the opportunity, the 31-year-old is relishing the chance to back up Starc and Cummins on more occasions in this tournament.<\/p>\n
\u201cLuckily I got the nod, we\u2019re pretty lucky that we\u2019ve got three pretty good bowlers sitting on the sideline,\u201d he added. \u201cI think it\u2019s good, it\u2019s good to have competition for your spot. Especially with the guys sitting on the bench.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf they take early wickets my job is just to keep going, bowling second is a real advantage to me, I know I\u2019m either defending or attacking. They set the tone and I just come on and try and follow them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Courtesy: www.icc-cricket.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Australian pace bowler Nathan Coulter-Nile is already looking forward to the challenge of the West Indies and a possible duel with formidable opener Chris Gayle.<\/p>\n
The defending champions\u2019 second ICC Men\u2019s Cricket World Cup match will take them to Trent Bridge on Thursday, with both they and the West Indies tasting wins in their opening contests.<\/p>\n
Aaron Finch\u2019s side enjoyed a convincing seven-wicket win over Afghanistan in Bristol on Saturday \u2013 but Coulter-Nile is not wasting time setting up the plans for powerful opener Gayle, who is playing in his fifth World Cup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36740,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket-cricket"],"yoast_head":"\n